Most of Y6 class from DS's smallish village primary are going to the local high school. The class are asked to write down the names of 2 friends that they would like to be in a Y7 form class with and the high school will try but not guarantee to make sure they are with one of those friends.
DS put "Jack" down and a.n.other and Jack put DS and a different a.n.other down. Neither of them put their mutual friend "Ben".
The backstory to this is that DS had a terrible parents evening in November. He was behaving badly, along with a number of the other boys, notably Ben (but not Jack, who is a sensible lad). DH and I were horrified and DS very ashamed and he really pulled his socks up. At the recent end of year parents evening we were told he had turned himself around, good behaviour and excellent school work/levels.
According to DS, Ben is still messing around and DS does not want the temptation of a "naughty" friend in his high school class. Also Ben is omnipresent out of school, lives nearby, calls and phones DS all the time. Sometimes DS likes it and sometimes it does his head in because it stops him playing with other friends as much as he would like. So he saw high school as a chance to break away from Ben slightly.
Anyway yesterday, they were told that DS, Jack and Ben would all be in the same Y7 form class. Ben had put Jack and DS down and no one had put him . Apparently there is someone at the high school that parents can talk to if they are unhappy about the form class arrangements.
DS is asking me to phone up and say he doesn't want to be with Ben. I said that the school will either say he has to put up with it as his reasons are not serious enough or they will move him (DS) and leave Jack and Ben together.
The high school does not use sets until Y8 and then only for some subjects so they would be spending a lot of time with their form class for years to come and also travelling on the school bus together.
DS is not feeling positive about high school anyway and now is feeling even less so. WWYD?
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DS has found out which Y6 classmates will be in his Y7 form class and he isn't happy
Flyonthewindscreen · 12/06/2013 10:33
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